Professor Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel laureate (1972), has been the Director of the Jerusalem Summer School in Economic Theory for eighteen years, since its inception in 1990. In 2008, the Summer School will be devoted to a review and exploration of Professor Arrow's remarkable achievements in Economic Theory, marking his retirement from the School's Directorship. The following areas of investigation will be highlighted, with Professor Arrow's contributions taking center stage:
- Social Choice Theory
- General Equilibrium Theory
- Public Economics
- Asymmetric Information in Economic Systems
- Economic Dynamics and Growth
- Risk Taking Theory
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